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Egypt
DOI Artikel:Czerner, Rafał: The anastylosis and conservation of architectural niches in Marina el-Alamein
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42090#0132
MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
EGYPT
struction. Obviously, the niche was huge
and of all the aediculae discovered so far, it
had the most elaborate and intricate de-
coration.
The niche was reconstructed in two
successive seasons, in 2002 and 2003. The
elements constituting the lower parts of
the architectural setting of the niche were
carved from local limestone, their form
being simplified with regard to the
potential original. Already tested tech-
nologies were used for the conservation of
authentic elements. New stone was used
for the back wall of the niche and to restore
a sizable section of the wall of limestone
blocks, which had served as its backdrop.
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EGYPT
struction. Obviously, the niche was huge
and of all the aediculae discovered so far, it
had the most elaborate and intricate de-
coration.
The niche was reconstructed in two
successive seasons, in 2002 and 2003. The
elements constituting the lower parts of
the architectural setting of the niche were
carved from local limestone, their form
being simplified with regard to the
potential original. Already tested tech-
nologies were used for the conservation of
authentic elements. New stone was used
for the back wall of the niche and to restore
a sizable section of the wall of limestone
blocks, which had served as its backdrop.
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